As you may have read, during our review of the Axiom Transition Computer bag/pannier, we had a complete failure of the bag to stay on our standard bike rack, which caused extensive damage to my Hewlett-Packard laptop. Now, I have uploaded a gallery of photos of the damage caused when the bag flew off the [...]
Posts on ‘March 5th, 2009’
Writers needed – Racing Events!
Are you seeking fame, fortune, and the glory of volunteer blogging? If you’re a racer or a bystander at a bike event anywhere around Austin, we need you! You’ve probably seen us at lots of events and meetings around town (Elliott’s the tall thin guy, I’m the short fat guy…) but we can’t be everywhere [...]
Meet B-Cycle partner Alex Bogusky at SXSW on the 13th
Speaking of bikeshare concept B-Cycle which we wrote about yesterday, one of the brains behind the concept will be speaking on it at SXSW next Friday. Alex Bogusky, Chairman of Ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky will be at SXSW Interactive to talk about the concept. To quote their media release: In increasingly turbulent times, [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 3/5-3/11/09
Spring is here which explains how we’ve inched up to 92 cycling related events for the coming week on our comprehensive calendar of Austin Cycling Events. That means on average there is a cycling event happening every two hours. 100 events/week can’t be far away! Thanks to Jason at ATXBS for letting us know about some events we couldn’t find [...]
Spain’s high-speed rail kicks our ass… can we improve?
NPR covered Spain’s high-speed rail network recently in comparison to ours, which is obviously WAY behind. So far behind as in not really there at all (unless you count Amtrak’s Acela service in the northeast, which is kinda-sorta-high-speed in some places and at some times because our tracks suck). It’s worth a listen, especially considering [...]
